Sarna Marcus, a New York native, developed a personal style early on at Pratt Institute where she studied with Richard Lindner and Phillip Pearlstein. After moving to Washington DC in her twenties, Marcus became part of the movement to advance acceptance of women artists in the main stream art world. Serving on the board of the Washington Women’s Arts Center, she championed the concept of ‘women’s art’, challenging the norm of woman-as-object in art, exploring the unique iconography that women artists were developing. Her work was featured in a solo show at A Woman’s Place Gallery and was represented in numerous group shows in the DC area.

In the mid-eighties Marcus founded her own creative communications firm, The Page Group. For the next twenty-five years her creative energies were absorbed in growing her company and helping her clients achieve their goals. Clients included arts organizations, universities, both in the United States and abroad.

In 2010 Marcus returned to a life of making art. As a member of the Foundry Gallery in Washington DC since 2012, she has exhibited numerous times. Her work has been shown in juried exhibitions throughout the Washington DC area and is represented in private collections in DC and New York.